this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; METAIRIE, La. — There isn’t one day that Carl Nicks doesn’t look at his decision to leave the New Orleans Saints for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency this offseason and smile.
In fact, he referred to his situation ...

I get what he's saying but leaders don't run their mouth and go into hissy fits. Good, over paid guard. That's all he is at the end of the day and if someone wants to pay you more for that service you should go for it without question.

It seemed more like he already had his foot out the door anyways. They didn't "let him go". They just weren't going to pony up that kind of money just because he was ready to bolt if they didn't. Not about the money? Pshhhhh. Right.

A former Saint who is trying to appease his new teammates and fans.
It's a Shane we couldn't keep him but that is life with a salary cap in force.
I'd rather he was still here but it was him or Colston(Brees was never going) and Loomis got it right.